Abstract
The study examined the relationship between management leadership styles and profitability of production firms in SouthEast, Nigeria. The specific objectives include to examine the extent of which autocratic leadership relates to profitability of production firms in South East, Nigeria and to investigate the extent of which democratic leadership relates to profitability of production firms in South East, Nigeria. The study adopted survey research design. The sample size of the study was 132 using purposive statistical method under what previous authors did. Questionnaire instrument was validated. The findings revealed that autocratic leadership had significant positive relationship with profitability of production firms in South East, Nigeria (t=.034, pv=0.05
Keywords
Management Leadership Style, Profitability of Production Firms, Autocratic Leadership FULL PDF Citation: Chigbo, C. C. & Okonkwo, Nigeria. Contemporary Journal of Management 5(4)
Full Text
The study examined the relationship between management leadership styles and profitability of production firms in SouthEast, Nigeria. The specific objectives include to examine the extent of which autocratic leadership relates to profitability of production firms in South East, Nigeria and to investigate the extent of which democratic leadership relates to profitability of production firms in South East, Nigeria. The study adopted survey research design. The sample size of the study was 132 using purposive statistical method under what previous authors did. Questionnaire instrument was validated. The findings revealed that autocratic leadership had significant positive relationship with profitability of production firms in South East, Nigeria (t=.034, pv=0.05